Blackout

"Blackout" is a single by YouTuber and musical artist beetlebat. It was released on November 25, 2022, as the fourth single for his debut mixtape "Be Dumb Bro." It peaked at No. 2 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100. It has since become notorious for its live performances featuring mosh pits.

Background
In order to keep up the momentum of his successful mixtape, Beetle announced that he would be releasing "Blackout" as the fourth single on November 25, 2022. This was conveniently timed to release on Black Friday, which traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States where many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices. The term also reflects on the "chaos" of the event in comparison to the chaotic energy of the song. Beetle called the song "one of the biggest risks of my career" due to how different it sounded in comparison to everything he'd make. He thought people would "clown" the song. Instead, it was praised as one of the highlights from the mixtape.

It is a trap metal song, inspired by "Take A Step Back" by Ski Mask The Slump God and XXXTentacion. Beetle wanted to make a song for people to "mosh" to at his concerts similar to previously mentioned song. It has also been compared to Death Grips. Beetle also used the song as his entrance theme at MWA Horizon 2023.

Chart performance
"Blackout" debuted at No. 14 on the Flex Entertainment Hot 100, during the release week of his debut mixtape "Be Dumb Bro." After the release of its music video in November 2022, it leaped to a new peak of No. 3, becoming his seventeenth top ten single. It would go on to peak at No. 2. It would go on to spend ten weeks in the Top 10 and thirty weeks on the chart in total.

Music video
The music video for “Blackout” was released on November 25, 2022, also known as Black Friday 2022. It was filmed at Saginaw Valley State University. It features Beetle and his longtime friends Dom and Brady. Beetle poses in several scenes rapping the song. It has several trippy visual effects and chaotic scenes of the group moshing and passing out.

The video was well received, amassing six-hundred views as of May 2023.

Critical reception
The song received positive reviews from critics and fans who were shocked by how well Beetle pulled off such an aggressive song. It has a user score of 78 on AlbumOfTheYear from 8 ratings. However, it was featured on Hip Hop HQ's Worst Rap Songs of 2022 list.

Track Listing
Digital Download - Original
 * 1) Blackout - 3:09

Lyrics
[Intro]

Yuh

Blackout

Blackout

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

[Post-Chorus]

Yuh, she wanna blackout

Yuh, he wanna blackout

Yuh, we wanna blackout

Yuh, we gonna blackout

[Verse 1]

Blackout, blackout, wanna see you all shout

Go my own way while these boys take the safe route

Running this thing is something I don’t cap bout

When I throw hands, I’mma make somebody tap out

You come at me, you got something to say?

I’mma toss you outside and leave you a stray

All of this ice, it could flood a whole ocеan

I feel like Jeff Hardy, got poetry in motion

I can’t takе a break ‘til I get to the top

Spend all of these years and I know I will pop

I can see the crowd in my head and they waiting

You best pay attention, sit back and just straighten

I never give up, it’s deep in my blood

I know what it’s like to be kicked in the mud

Didn’t let that stuff stop me cuz I had a dream

That I sold out arenas along with my team

[Chorus]

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

[Post-Chorus]

Yuh, she wanna blackout

Yuh, he wanna blackout

Yuh, we wanna blackout

Yuh, we gonna blackout

[Verse 2]

I run through these tracks like I got zero fear

And got so much drive you can tell how I steer

Drifting this Honda, I know you accord

But know that I gotta give thanks to the Lord

All of my fans, I’m attracting all ages

They going crazy when I hop on these stages

I wanna get wild and surf through this crowd

We get kicked out of the venue for being too loud

Never broken a bone, I’m feeling untouchable

Willing to challenge anyone that is so gullible

I take out the trash, consider yourself dumped

So much adrenaline I’m getting so pumped

Try replace me and you’ll crash like a dummy

Can’t cheat this life and I know that you’re scummy

Leave my rivals burnt like they slid on a rug

You mess with me, it’s your grave that you dug (rip)

[Chorus]

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

Blackout, blackout

Let me see you pass out

I can get the whole crowd moving that’s no doubt

Blackout, blackout

Come on go all out

People gonna wanna see what I’m all about

[Post-Chorus]

Yuh, she wanna blackout

Yuh, he wanna blackout

Yuh, we wanna blackout

Yuh, we gonna blackout